Port Meadville Airport

Port Meadville Airport
Runway 25 (East end) of Port Meadville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCrawford County Regional Airport Authority
ServesMeadville, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL1,399 ft / 426 m
Coordinates41°37′36″N 080°12′53″W / 41.62667°N 80.21472°W / 41.62667; -80.21472
Websitehttps://www.portmeadvilleairport.com
Map
FAA Airport Diagram
FAA Airport Diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations13,220
Based aircraft27

Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA LID: GKJ) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) west of the central business district of Meadville, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GKJ by the FAA and MEJ by the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Airport viewed from the pattern altitude.

Port Meadville Airport covers an area of 250 acres (100 ha) at an elevation of 1,399 feet (426 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 by 23 m).[4]

The airport also has one 50 by 50 feet (15 m × 15 m) concrete helipad that serves as the home base for Stat MedEvac 7, a regional air and ground critical care transport system.[5]

For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2019, the airport had 13,369 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 6% helicopter.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GKJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA: GKJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Runway Information". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ^ admin. "Service Areas". STAT MedEvac. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. ^ "Based Aircraft & Operations". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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